She was elected for the Pakistan People's Party as a reserved women's seat member of the first Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in 2009, remaining there until 2014.[4][1] During her first term as MLA, she served as Gilgit-Baltistan's Minister for Information and Tourism from 2009 until 2014.[1] She was a member of National Commission on the Status of Women, having been the Gilgit Baltistan member in 2013.[2][3] She returned to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in 2020.[1]
On 17 July 2023, speaker Nazir Ahmed announced that Danish was unanimously elected as the Assembly's deputy speaker, as the sole nominee for the post on behalf of the ruling coalition; there was no nomination from any of the other MLAs, including the opposition.[1][5] She is the first woman elected to the post, with The Nation calling it a "landmark development".[1][2] After becoming deputy speaker, she announced her intention to focus on women empowerment in the province.[1]